ICYMI this week ...

A weekly round-up of headlines features on The Daily News podcast

Feb 16, 2025

Last night, the night parade of Quebec’s winter carnival walked through my neighbourhood. It’s a highlight of the winter and starts the four weeks between two parades that happen in my neighbourhood as we lurch towards spring. The second is St. Patrick’s — there were way fewer cops in this parade than there will be in the next one, though I do wonder if the Boston, Chicago and New York City police bands will be welcome here in a month.

Anyway, not a Canadian flag in sight. The newspaper may all say that Quebecers are tapping into newfound Canadian pride but I have yet to see any evidence of this at all. Perhaps this is a Montreal thing.

Anyway, here are the headlines that I featured on The Daily News podcast this past week.

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Québec

Un résident de CHSLD à Montréal retrouvé dehors en hypothermie

McGill University planning to cut budget by $45M, slash up to 500 jobs

Over $1M worth of olive oil stolen from transport company in Montreal

Ontario

Aamjiwnaang has been fighting environmental racism for decades. Now, the First Nation has an agreement to address it

Man arrested in Toronto after claiming membership to Jewish terror group

Alberta

Alberta Minister stripped health agency of power to negotiate private surgical contracts, document shows

5 groups of education support workers vote in favour of joining Alberta strike